Car-fender.



J. M. THOMPSON.

CAR FEND ER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1915 1, 177,737. Patented Apr. 4, 1916."

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J. M. THOMPSON.

CAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26. 1915.

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CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed my 26, 1915. Serial 1%. 4 2,058.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA M. THOMP- SON, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Bainesville, in the county of Glengarry, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car fenders and the objects of the invention are to adapt the fender to follow the course of the track when the car is taking a curve, to render the.device adjustable from the footboard of the car, to simplify and reduce the number of working parts and generally to adapt the several parts to better perform the functions required of them, and it consists essentially of the improved construction of fender particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of the car showing the improved fender attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved fender showing the manner of attaching the sam'e to the front carriage of the car. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of V the. improved fender as seen when attached to th'e'front carriage of the car.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several drawings.

1 Referring to the drawings, A represents a "street car of any usual construction having the improved fender B attached thereto.

Such street car being well known in the art requires no further description.

The improved fender B consists of the front frame 1 which is substantially rectangular in shape comprising sidefm 2 and 3, front and back members 1 and 5, such frame being suitably braced by means of the transversely and longitudinally extending members 6 and 6 The front memher 4 suitably shod with leather or like resilient material. This frame is adapted to carry side brackets 8 and 9 rigidly mounted thereon, such brackets being provided with an upwardly extending arm'to i which the frame 10is pivotally attached intermediate of the ends of the sides thereof. On the front'ofthe frame 10 a roller 14 is rotatably mounted while "the'back rod 11 of the said frame carries a screen 12 mounted thereon, the front edge of the said screen being hinged to the frame 1 as shown at 13 in Fig. 3. I

The frame 1 is designed to be supported at the back and end by means of the inverted U-shaped bracket 15 which is pro vided on its upper'edge with a horizontally disposed semi-circular bracket 16, the back end of the longitudinal member '6 of the frame 1 being also mounted on the transversely extending spindle 17 on which the wheels 18 are rotatably mounted, such wheels being adapted to engage withthe track. The spindle 17 is also provided with a horizontally disposed semi-circular bracket 19 mounted thereon which in conjunction with the other semi-circular bracket 16 is adapted to be pivotally hinged by means of thepin 22 to the U-shaped brackets 20 and 21 mounted in the front carriage 23 of the car A. A semi-circular shaped bracket 24 is also provided having offset ends 25 adaptedto be connected to the back ends of the longitudinally extending members 6* 0f the frame 1 thesaid bracket being designed to be located between the upper and lower semicircular brackets 1'6 and 1 9 and being adapted to carry a U-shaped guide frame 26 mounted in the upper face thereof. f

The means which I preferably employ to tilt the frame 1 consists of a tie rod 27 which is located between the semi-circular shaped bracket 24 and the inverted U-sha'ped bracket 26, one end of the said tie rod being pivotally attached toone end of the link 28, the other end of which is pivotally connected to the front end of the carriage 23 of the car A. The other end of the tie rod 27 is pivotally mounted in the inver'ted U-shaped bracket 29 which in turn is 'pivotally attached to the vertically extending screw 30 adapted to make threaded engagement with the bracket 20. The upper end of the screw 30 is provided with a socket contact with the socket 31, and the upper end of the said spindle is adapted to take up its upper end to the inverted U-shaped' bracket 15, the lower end of the rack being pivotally connected to the pin 39 which is designed to be slidably mounted in thedownwardly extending angle plate 40 mounted on the under face of the inverted U-shaped bracket 15, the action of the said rack 38 being controlled by the spiral spring -11 mounted on the pin 39. An upwardly extending guard frame 44: is mounted on the inverted U-shaped bracket 15 and adapted to extend across the front of the car A.

In the operation of the device the driver of the car regulates the height of the frame 1 through the medium of the screw 30 by elevating or lowering the same with the spindle 32 until the front of the frame 1 has the desired clearance from the track. When anything comes in contact with the screen 12 mounted on the frame 10 the said screen is pressed downwardly. The bracket 37 engaging with the teeth of the rack 38 presses the same inwardly allowing the screen 12 to be depressed, the front of the frame 10 being simultaneously raised so that anything resting on the screen cannot roll ofi toward the front. The downward motion of the screen 12 is controlled and limited by means of the spiral spring 36 which tends to remove all jar in the depressing of the said screen. It will be clearly understood that in the depressedvcondition the rack 38 is pressed forwardly by means of the spiral spring l1, the said rack engaging with the bifurcated end of the bracket 37. When the impediment has been removed from the screen the rack 38 is pressed inwardly thereby releasing the same from the bracket 37 and permitting of the screen 12 being elevated to its normal position, the front end of the frame 10 being simultaneously depressed.

From thisdescription it will be seen that I have invented a device such as can be advantageously employed on street cars'or the like and which is easily adjusted to suit the different conditions of the track and conform to the course of the same.

That I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a street car of a as the screen is elevated or depressed.

2. The combination with a street car of a fender, comprising a frame, a second frame pivotally mounted thereon, a screen mounted on the back edge to the second said frame and at the front edge pivotally attached to the first said frame, the second frame being designed to be rotated to a limited exten fender comprising a frame, a second frame pivotally mounted'thereon, a screen mounted on the back edge to the second said frame and at the front edge pivotally attached to the first saidframe, means for retaining the screen in a depressed and the front of the second said frame in an elevated position, and means for lowering or raising the front of the said fender, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with a street car, of a fender comprising a frame, longitudinally extending members mounted on the said frame, a spindle rotatably mounted in the ends of the said longitudinally extending members, wheels rotatably mounted on the ends of the said spindle, such wheels being adapted to engage with the track, brackets mounted on the sides of the said frame, a second frame pivotally mounted to the said brackets, a screen attached at the back edge to the second frame and at the front edge pivotally attached to the'first said frame, L

means for retaining the said screen in a depressed position, means for elevating or lowering the front of the said fender, as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination with a street car of a fender comprising a frame, a spindle adapt- I ed to be rotatably mounted on the said frame, wheels rotatably mounted onthe said spindle, means for connecting the said spindleto the said car, brackets mounted onlthe said frame, a second frame pivotally mounted intermediate of its sides thereofto the said brackets, a screen attached at the back edge to the second said frame and at the front edge pivotally attached to the first said frame, means for retaining the said screen in a depressed position, resilient means for limiting the motion of the said screen, and means for elevating or lowering the front of the said fender, as and for the purposev specified.

. 5. The combination with a street car of a fender comprising a frame, brackets mounted on the sides thereof, a second. frame pivotally mounted intermediate of its sides to the said brackets, a screen attached at the back edge of thesecond said frame and at the front edge pivotally mounted in the first said frame, an inverted U-shaped bracket adapted to support the first said frame, a

transversely extending spindle designed to be rotatablyattached to the first said frame, wheels rotatably mounted on the said spindle, means for retaining the said screen in a depressed position, resilient means for limiting the motion of the said screen and means for raising and lowering the front of the said fender, as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with a street car of a fender comprising a frame, brackets mounted on the sides thereof, an inverted U-shaped bracket adapted to support the said frame, a transversely extending spindle adapted to be rotatably attached to the said frame, wheels rotatably mounted on the said spindle, a second frame designed to be pivotally mounted intermediate of the ends of its sides to the said brackets, a screen attached at the back edge to the second said frame and at the front edge pivotally mounted to the first said frame, a bracket mounted on the second said frame, such bracket being provided with a bifurcated end, a rack pivotally mounted to the inverted U-shaped bracket, such rack being adapted to engage with the bifurcated end of the said bracket, resilient means for controlling the action of the'said rack, resilient means for limiting the motion of the said screen, and means for elevating or lowering the front of the said fender, as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination with a street car of a fender comprising a frame, brackets mounted on the sides thereof, an inverted U-shaped bracket adapted to support the said frame, a second frame pivotally mounted intermediate of the ends of its sides to the said brackets, a

screen attached at the back edge to the second said frame and at the front edge pivotally attached to the first said frame, a spiral spring located between the first said frame and the second said frame, a bracket mounted in the second said frame, such bracket being pro vided with a bifurcated end, a rack pivotally mounted at one end to the said inverted U-shaped bracket, such rack being adapted to engage with the bifurcated end of the last said bracket, a transversely extending spindle adapted to be rotatably connected to the first said frame, wheels rotatably moimted on the said spindle, a semi-circular bra'cke attached to the upper edge of the said inverted U-shaped bracket, a semicircular bracket adapted to be connected to the said transversely extending spindle, means for elevating and lowering the said fender consisting of an inverted U-shaped bracket, a screw adapted to engage with the said bracket, such screw being provided with a socket in the upper end thereof, a spindle designed to engage with the said socket, and means for limiting the motion of the front of the fender, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSHUA MITOHlNSON THOMPSON. WVitnesses:

A. J. MoGREGoR, EDGAR AKERMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, I). 0. 

